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Freedom of information requests sent to the trusts by the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) found that 49% had neither a dedicated budget nor a policy to permit overspending to pay for maternity cover. Where…
Here is a woman who doesn't feel obliged to turn ageing into another self-improvement project. She can be angry, grumpy, less adventurous than she once was, and still enjoy her life. We hear so much about ageing well…
Each report sees half the problem. The Health and Social Care Committee wants prevention and treatment run as separate workstreams, and stops at urging ministers to stand up to the food industry. The commission sees…
"There is no doubt among anyone who crosses his path that he will achieve all he sets out to accomplish and more," she declared to a room full of the university's leaders, calling the medical PhD student the "epitome of…
When they're run down or facing a busy week, they say, a quick injection gets them through. Some med spas say many people feel an energy lift within a day or two and recommend a shot every few weeks. B12 is essential to…
It was the day he went to the fair, aged three, and returned to his home in upstate New York clutching a Batman toy that he'd won. In the bathroom, he swooped his new doll over the sink. Scheinman had a vivid…
Patients who took the drug, called baxdrostat, saw their blood pressure improve during a six- to 12-month course of the daily pills, but unexpectedly the benefits remained up to two years later, with some patients no…
My local gym closed down, and overnight what I laughingly call my fitness regime was toast. Quite literally, because now instead of plodding, spinning and lifting tiny dumbbells, I was spending my early mornings guzzling…
As the health risks in exposure to common phthalate plasticizers became clear over the last few decades, industry began switching to a new type of chemical, called Dinch, that it claimed was a "high safety" , nontoxic…
With more than 2 million followers and a cluster of mainstream media profiles , the 20-year-old streamer born Braden Peters has become the chiseled face of a once fringe movement to achieve algorithmically defined good…